Clinical Research Fellow - Neuro Research Unit
- Employer
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- Location
- Cardiff
- Salary
- £35,408 to £55,674 a year per annum
- Closing date
- 18 Apr 2023
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- Sector
- Hospital, Neurophysiology
- Career Level
- Fellow
- Contract Type
- Fixed Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has an exciting opportunity for two clinical research fellow posts in neurology, working on the Neurosciences Research Unit at University Hospital of Wales.
The post is suitable for highly motivated individuals interested in a career in neurology or related specialties. You may be at the start of training having just completed core medical training and looking for your next move, or have already secured a neurology training post and looking to increase research experience and develop a specialist interest.
You will join a team working on research research studies and commercial clinical trials in primarily in Huntington's, Epilepsy, Motor Neuron Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. You will have opportunity to, and be encouraged to develop your own research interests and publications, and prepare and submit fellowship funding applications.
This is a fixed term 12 month post in the first instance from August 2023 .
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Research Fellow will be responsible for the day-to-day running and clinical support for clinical trials / studies
- Work with the NRU medical and nursing team
- Support and engage in patient identification and recruitment
- Sub-investigator undertake day-to-day clinical trial activities and visits according to the trial protocols
- To support other research activities in the NRU
- Undertake appropriate clinic duties and attendance at outpatient clinics to support training and development and trial recruitment
- Opportunity to develop their own research interests and publications, and will be encouraged to prepare for and submit fellowship funding applications.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is Caring for People, Keeping People Well, and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further details can be found in the further particulars and job description forms attached to this post.
Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Khalid Hamandi, hamandik@cf.ac.uk
Person Specification
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE , ABILITIES
Essential
- Effective communication skills - Verbal and written
- Up to date with current medical practices
- Experience in lumbar puncture
Desirable
- Audit
- Teaching
- Independently competent at lumbar puncture
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- Good Clinical Practice Certificate (GCP) or agreement to attend next available course
Desirable
- Completed MRCP or equivalent
- Intercalated Degree
- MSc or PHD
- Academic Excellence (Publications, Prizes, merits, distinctions
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Core medical training or equivalent
Desirable
- Neurology ST3 experience
- Previous Neurology experience, any CT level.
- Experience with clinical trials or research
- Laboratory sample processing
ATTIDUDE, APTITUDES PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Essential
- Motivated and efficient
- Able to relate to patients, staff and medical colleagues
- Flexible, caring and hardworking
- Ability to work as part of a team
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Company
About:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest NHS organisations in Europe. We employ approximately 14,500 staff, and spend around £1.4 billion every year on providing health and wellbeing services to a population of around 472,400 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. We also serve a wider population across South and Mid Wales for a range of specialties.
Our vision is to create a community where healthy life choice does not depend on who you are or where you live.
We are a teaching Health Board with close links to the university sector, and together we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals, while working on research that will hopefully unlock the cures for today’s illnesses.
Our Services
The only tertiary centre for Wales offering a range of services for the whole nation including the only Children’s Hospital in Wales, Organ Donation and Transplant, Neuroscience, Genomics, Precision Medicine and Advanced Therapies, and more.
Public Health
Improving the health of our population and reducing inequalities. Providing preventative health care information and advice including access to health and well-being services.
Primary, Community and Intermediate Care
Offering first line health services at GP surgeries, dentists, optomtetrist and a range of therapy and community based services accessible as close to home as possible.
Acute and Tertiary Care
Providing unscheduled or emergency care. Elective care and specialist services to a wider population across Wales, including dignostics and theraputic services.
Corporate Services
Providing the support services required to run an integrated health system across Cardiff and Wales ensuring patient safety, governance, quality assurance, performance and excellent delivery of all services.
Our Structure
- Our organisation is structured and designed into seven Clinical Boards which cover our four main service areas and much more. They are:
- Children and Women’s Clinical Board
- Clinical Diagnostics and Therapeutics
- Medicine Clinical Board
- Mental Health Clinical Board
- Specialist Services Clinical Board
- Surgery Clinical Board
- Primary, Community and Intermediate Care Clinical Board
The Clinical Boards were created in June 2013 and have been successful in providing strong leadership in clinical areas and have resulted in the acceleration of operational decision making, greatly enhancing the outcomes for patients in their care. The Boards are held to account via the Executive Directors and a process of scrutiny is ensured through monthly performance boards and a robust authorisation process.
A Great Place to Live and Work
Cardiff really is a city of contrasts. A castle with 1900 years of history stands alongside a modern shopping centre and a spectacular Civic Centre surrounded by acres of parkland.
The Cardiff Bay development has created eight miles of waterfront with a range of new apartments, bars and restaurants.
For those seeking more culture there is easy access to the National Museum and Gallery Cardiff, the Museum of Welsh Life and the Wales Millennium Centre, home of the Welsh National Opera.
Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a mixture of gentle rolling hills, charming towns and villages, and a dramatic natural coastline which includes part of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast.
Surrounded by areas of outstanding natural beauty, with the Brecon Beacons National Park, Swansea Gower Peninsula and the picturesque Vale of Glamorgan all nearby, Cardiff really does have it all.
Housing is reasonably priced, and our schools offer a high standard of education and facilities.
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